Post-Jam Updates


After the Player2 AI NPC Jam, I wanted to update Cosmic Escape so that it's at least a better slice of what it has to offer. So I worked more on building out the combat system I had in mind. It's pretty obviously inspired by FTL (a great game, by the way), but it's still very much a work-in-progress.

Changes:

  • Shields system - like in FTL, blocks projectiles like lasers, recharges when hit
  • Weapons system - enemy ships can be equipped with weapons (sorry, the player still can't do anything yet).
  • Basic laser weapon, shoots 1 laser
  • Basic missile launcher weapon, shoots 1 missile, bypasses shields
  • Rooms and ship layouts system
    • Supports 1x2, 2x1, and 2x2 rooms in a ship
    • Rooms can be assigned a system (rooms don't do anything yet, but can take damage)
  • 6 total enemy ships
  • Enemies now fight back
  • New settings menu
    • Audio settings
    • *Network settings - You can now connect to an OpenAI-compatible API server for the game's AI. See the install instructions for more info.
  • Some new icons and UI changes.

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